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Example 1-186
Hoe ply den boote man de?
O-pe
q
-place
den
det
.
pl
botoman
boatman
de?
cop
Where are the oarsmen?
Dutch:
Waar zyn de Neegers van de Boot? [op.cit.]
Comment:
This example shows locative predication in an interrogative phrase with the copula
de
.
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 109
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative locative phrases: Variable copula
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